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Scilla indica

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Identification
Isotype of Scilla indica Bak. [family HYACINTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Greenway PG, 1956
Related name
  • Ledebouria revoluta
  • Scilla indica
  • Ledebouria maculata
  • Ledebouria hyacinthina

Flora

Entry for DRIMIA indica (Roxb.) Jessop [family HYACINTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
DRIMIA indica (Roxb.) Jessop [family HYACINTHACEAE], (1977);
Scilla indica Roxb. [family HYACINTHACEAE], (1824);. [type as above]
Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth [family HYACINTHACEAE], (1843). [type as above]
Information
Plant up to 50 cm tall. Leaves linear, up to 30 cm long, 1–18 mm wide. Inflorescence a very lax raceme with 5–25 flowers; bracts up to 2 mm long with spur up to 2 mm long; pedicels 12–30 mm long. Tepals free or united for up to 1.5 mm, 6–11 mm long, greenish-brown or pale brown, becoming reflexed. Filaments linear, free or basally united to tepals. Ovary ovoid, 3–4 mm long; style 4–5 mm long. Capsule ellipsoid, 8–18 mm long. Seeds 7–10 mm long.
Range
N2; S1 widespread in tropical Africa and eastwards to India.
Altitude range
150–450 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin & Bashir Mohamed 6928; Thulin 10988.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Notes
Thulin & Bashir Mohamed 6928 from S1 consists of very depauperate few-flowered plants.

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